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Spring has sprung in Woodbridge
By Phil Arnold and Leila Pinchot The Woodbridge chestnut orchard has had a very productive spring, with the April 21st planting, and the second annual visit by local elementary students. The planting, carried out by Orchard Manager Dr. Phil Arnold, along with CT-TACF...
Tour of Sleeping Giant Chestnut Plantation
Join the Connecticut Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation and Dr. Sandy Anagnostakis, of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, for a tour of the Sleeping Giant Chestnut Plantation, followed by a tour of CT-TACF?s Woodbridge chestnut breeding orchard....
New Director Joins CT-TACF
Will Kies of Greenwich is joining the Board of the Connecticut Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation. Will is the Director of Education at the Stamford Museum and Nature Center and believes strongly on the importance of teaching environmental stewardship and...
Northeast Utilities Saves Chestnut and Paper!
Last September Northeast Utilities (NU) pledged their support to The American Chestnut Foundation through a creative matching grant program tied to shareholder acceptance of a paper reduction program. Northeast Utilities System recently initiated a program in which...
Swann Farm Chestnut Orchard
Article by James Gage On two beautiful Saturdays in April (April 21 and 28) a total of 20 enthusiastic volunteers met at the Northern Connecticut Land Trust's Swann Farm in Ellington, CT. This hardworking group prepared and planted 233 chestnuts and erected 1,100...
Restoring The King of the Forest to Guilford
Written By Jason Young A group of dedicated individuals, representing the American Chestnut Foundation and the Guilford Conservation commission, gathered on behalf of the American Chestnut on Saturday, May 5th at Nut Plains Park. The group planted a test orchard,...
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We love helping students get excited about, and involved in, the American chestnut tree!
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Save this for when you plant your chestnuts! All you need is a deep pot, well-draining soil, and proper seed orientation for success. 🌱
Want to learn more about growing chestnuts? Visit this link to learn more: tacf.org/growing-chestnuts/
#planting #growing #americanchestnut #plantingseason #explore
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I appreciate the effort, but you’re just planting a tree that will die young.
Another way is put out a bunch of chestnuts, walnuts, acorns etc and let the squirrels plant them (they won't eat them all)!
Where do you get the American chestnuts?
I highly recommend checking out this article by Robert Foster, in which he reminisces about the time he helped save a large, standing American chestnut tree. He also shares an older article that tells the full story of the tree and the effort to preserve it. The original piece, published in American Forests magazine, is titled “Saving Something of Value” by Herbert E. McLean and is copied below his introduction.
Click the following link to check it out: rfoster.substack.com/p/one-big-tree
#americanchestnut #nature #explore #fighttosave #story
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